How I’ve spent my Sunday

OK, so it all started with a discussion on the Irish Knitters board on Ravelry, here.Someone mentioned making an Owls sweater, and we all just kind of decided to join in, as you do.I must admit I think it would be great fun if we all assembled en masse in our Owly creations on the streets of Dublin. Imagine the looks we’d get? great fun.I’ve always liked this sweater, so I said that I’d join in but not until I get back from holidays.Yeah, that worked.Now this sweater is meant to be knit in Bulky weight yarn, but, y’know bulky me + bulky yarn does not equal a flattering project in my opinion, so I was thinking about using something else.namely, Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece. I lurves this yarn. I know it’s not an Owly colour, but hey. I like pink and what’s wrong with bringing out the feminine side of owls?Only problem was, it was already made into a cardigan that I didn’t like, the Flutter Sleeve Cardigan(ugh):Like I said, I wasn’t even going to think about this until I came back from holidays.So, today, after a bit of cleaning around (I’m so proud of myself for managing to do some cleaning!) I attacked the cardigan.I must admit it was quite nice ripping that thing back to the yarn again. I hated that project, I think it was my biggest “pattern for me” disaster ever. Anyway, I ended up with a load of balls (stop it)Yay! I thought. I’ll just skein them , wash them and hang them to dry and my Owls sweater will be ready to start when I get back from holidays. I like the way I keep reiterating “after the holidays”, as if I’m going to do that now? No chance.Anyway, skeining isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do, especially when you have to wind the balls into centre pull balls first as otherwise they hop all over my (uncleaned) kitchen floor.So I wound them first, then skeined them. About an hour and a half later, I have this:Lots of lovely washed skeins of yarn de-kinking on the line beside my lurvly hand made socks that I washed while I had the bowl of soak. Kill two birds? Oh yes. And it was one more job off the list. See how I made this into a house cleaning task? I know, I’m a domestic goddess. (snort)

So, once these dry I have to wind them again into centre pull balls and I’m all set for my Owls jumper. When I get back from holidays. Not before. No.All I need to worry about now is getting gauge or redoing the pattern for lighter weight yarn, upsizing the pattern for me, and doing lots of maths I’m sure. So yeah. A piece of cake.After my holidays. Not before.